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KU basketball target Myles Turner to pick school Wednesday

Center could potentially give Jayhawks three of Rivals.com's top nine recruits

Kansas hopes Myles Turner, above, joins Cliff Alexander and Kelly Oubre on the Jayhawks when he chooses a school Wednesday.

LAWRENCE — Kansas men’s basketball fans might not be as productive at their respective workplaces starting at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

It’s then that KU target Myles Turner will announce his college decision on ESPNU.

Turner, a 6-foot-11 center from Euless, Texas, is the top unsigned player left in the class of 2014. In addition to KU, the ninth-ranked player according to Rivals.com is said to be strongly considering Texas, Oklahoma State, SMU and Duke.

Adam Zagoria, of Zagsblog.com, reported that as of Tuesday morning, Turner remained undecided. Last Wednesday, Turner tweeted out, “This is going to be the hardest decision of my life,” on his “Original_Turner” Twitter account.

Turner, if he did commit to the Jayhawks, could help fill in for the loss of center Joel Embiid, who declared for the NBA draft last month.

It also could potentially be another recruiting accomplishment for KU coach Bill Self; with No. 4-ranked Cliff Alexander and sixth-ranked Kelly Oubre Jr. already committed, Turner’s commitment would give the Jayhawks three players ranked in Rivals.com’s top nine. Since 2003, only three teams have accomplished that feat: North Carolina in 2006 and Kentucky in 2011 and 2013.

It’s worth noting that UK made the national championship game the next season in each of those instances, while UNC won a national title three years later with two of its top recruits playing as juniors.